A pneumatic tire includes metal cords each made of metal filaments twisted
together, the metal cords having an initial elongation in a range of from
0.05 to 0.20% and a standard deviation of the initial elongation in a
range of not more than 0.02. A method of manufacturing the metal cord
comprises shaping metal filaments in a two-dimensional zigzag waveform,
and twisting the shaped metal filaments together, wherein the number of
the filaments is in a range of from 8 to 12, the metal filaments have the
same diameter (d) of from 0.15 to 0.30 mm, the shaped metal filaments
have the same zigzag waveforms, the zigzag waveform of each said shaped
metal filament has constant wave lengths (P) and constant wave heights
(h) wherein the ratio (P/d) is in the range of 100/3 to 700/3, and the
ratio (h/d) is in the range of 5/3 to 80/3.